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Post by DragoonWraith on Jan 20, 2003 20:58:40 GMT -5
The three of them have different styles, so its hard to compare them. Its your preference, thats all... I personally like Lans's... Rain's are too wishy-washy, although they look REALLY good, I prefer Lans's... And CC, frankly, I forgot what his look like, everybodys switched to Rain's. Although his new sig he made (on my site, here) is really cool, cooler than Lans's cuz of the anim... BTW, since you all got PS thru warez, can anyone tell me where you found it? Id like to get it.
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Post by Granular Fire on Jan 20, 2003 21:02:55 GMT -5
I liked Rain's style, I even tried to imitate it on a trial. I personally like the anime image.
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Post by OldSchool on Jan 20, 2003 21:04:46 GMT -5
I like Rain's sig's the best, thats why i switched from CC's to this one i have currently, it seems more modern and its got the colors i like in it, about lan's though, i dont know, i requested a sig from him, but i guess he was busy or sumthin, oh well, i like my new one anyway.
Good job Rain.
OldSchool EDIT: Rain, i was just wondering how you did those cool lighthing effects in my sig, if its a trade secret that you'd rather keep to yourself, you dont gotta share.
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Post by Granular Fire on Jan 20, 2003 21:09:38 GMT -5
I can only use render, I don't know anything else. along with other filters and basic tools. Maybe its the different language Rain adds to his sigs.
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Post by OldSchool on Jan 20, 2003 21:11:53 GMT -5
Ive experimented with every filter, i pretty much know every function on the damn program now, but a real artist knows how to use all these to his or her best advantage.
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Post by DragoonWraith on Jan 20, 2003 21:48:12 GMT -5
Yes, I do like that lighting effect he does... And especially since he is no longer obsessive compulsive with the color blue... I really like DTony's sig, with the light coming out of his eyes...
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Post by Granular Fire on Jan 21, 2003 7:43:03 GMT -5
Maybe it's the little text too, it looks so advanced.
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Post by DragoonWraith on Jan 21, 2003 21:38:22 GMT -5
Yes, I think Rain's the best artist, but that doesnt mean Lans and CC dont make good sigs, just not quite so.... artistic...
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Post by Jaggy on Jan 22, 2003 0:13:11 GMT -5
I like Rain's sigs too. The style specifically.
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Post by rain on Jan 22, 2003 0:35:03 GMT -5
sorry bout that...been busy with finals and such
this thread caught my eye though...cuz the steps to making that BG is actually very, very simple
open a new image in resolution 500x500 pix (wut i did)
then make sure your colors are reset (black as the foreground, white as background)...and do a render clouds from filter menu
then, go to pixelate from the filter menu and select Mezzotint, and in that box below...select long lines
now go to radical blur via filter menu, set the blur too 100 percent, zoom, and quality best
now hit control+U and check colorize box, then you should have a pretty nice looking zoom...warp thingie...
now just adjust the image, shrink its vertical value to 70 Pix and you've got your banner
keep doing different clouds for different effects you want ^ ^
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Post by Granular Fire on Jan 22, 2003 16:10:11 GMT -5
I won't post it but if you have photoshop, try it, it looks much better than a silly lens flare. That proves that I really need to start playing with the tools that Photoshop offers. Oh and it's radial blur, not radical. I've change my mind, I resized it but... I rendered clouds with yellow-ish colors and blured and pixilated then I rendered blue clouds, added light (omni) and that's how I got it.
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Post by Mystria on Jan 24, 2003 22:33:18 GMT -5
photo shops have some pretty cool affects, I use it to add the finishing touches to my images. I start them out with a bit of both jasc and photo shop
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Post by Swordmasterdragoon on Jan 25, 2003 0:29:10 GMT -5
Thanks to Rains instructions I have copied his techniques and made my own sig. I know its not as good as his but I'm not him so I can't be as good as him,
tell me if you like it.
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Post by DragoonWraith on Jan 25, 2003 1:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by Granular Fire on Jan 25, 2003 7:36:08 GMT -5
It doesn't work because I switched to image studio and that was from ranchoweb and I canceled my account. Here is the image, You can't really see the oringinal zoom. BTW, nice sig. Mystria, how did you render the water, is that Jaasc? My goal is to eventually make art work like this: www.digitalblasphemy.com/heh heh, eventually. Of course I don't have the software though.
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